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The Nishio Sensei Aikido Notebook, approved by Nishio Sensei, is an enormous endeavor undertaken by Varjan Sensei, 5th dan, compiling the styles seminars and unique aspects of Nishio Ryu Aikido. It includes the complete Iaido katas they are based on, and puts them into one textbook for students and teachers of Aikido and practioners of other martial arts.

This book covers almost fifteen years of seminars of Nishio Sensei's techniques, as he taught and perfected them. There are over 450 graphics depicting the fluid and dynamic Aikido developed by Nishio Sensei. Sword technique from which Aikido techniques are based, are readily shown in this unique publication including over 400 pages of progressive techniques described by Varjan Sensei showing how to perform the technique, where it came from, and how it evolved into the beautiful combination of arts mastered and taught by Nishio Sensei, plus weapons and special techniques.

This is probably the best book's on Nishio Sensei's style I have ever read. The beginning of the book is nice where Nishio gives his definition of Aikido and is personally written to the author. I really appreciate the way the Jo kata's were laid out. It took a little while to figure out how the movements worked but once I started the movements everything flowed. I liked the progressions of the seminars it sort of reminded me of a history lesson in Nishio Sensei's development of his techniques. One of the things I liked the most is the tennis court. It showed how the hands and feet worked while doing the technique, it's rather clever, novel and very effective.